Improvement in coal-scuttle



C. HODGETTS.

Coal Scuttle.-

No. 103,615. Patented May 31, 18.70.

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UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIGE.

CHARLES HODGETTS, OF WILLIAMSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN C OAL-SCUTTLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 103,615, dated May 31, 1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HODGETTS, of Williamsburg, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Goal-Scuttle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents a vertical central section of my improved coal-scuttle.

This invention has for its object to provide a coal-scuttle with a strong bottom and lower part and convenient fastening for the bottom and foot.

The invention consists in fitting the bottom with an upward-proj ecting flange into the scuttle and upon the supporting-base, and in rivet-ing it to the said base. Thereby a double bottom is obtained and a double lower part of the scuttle, as well as a convenient fastening for the bottom and base, in place of the difiicult joint heretofore in use.

A in the drawing represents the body of a coal-scuttle of suitable shape. There is no bottom formed on this scuttle; but the bottom B is made separate, with an upward-projecting flange, a, and is put loosely into the scuttle.

O is the base or foot. It consists of a plate, 11, which fits under the bottom B, and of a downward-projecting supporting-flange, 0.

The bottom B is riveted to the plate I) by rivets (I. By this construction I obtain a double bottom, a double lower part of scuttle, and I do not weaken the bodyA by holes, nor endanger its utility by unreliable joints.

The three parts can be cheaply made without difficult manipulation and readily put together.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- I ent The coal-scuttle composed of the body A, bottom B, and base 0, all combined so as to provide the scuttle with a double bottom and double lower part, as set forth.

CHAS. HODGETTS.

Witnesses:

A. v. BRTESEN, GEO. W. ll/IABEE. 

